What happens if you have more than 4 plants?

Jay p123

Jay p123

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cannadan said:
I use the perlite and peatmoss with my homemade soil for indoor, but outdoor the garden sits over basically sand so the drainage is real good.
just a little fluffing in the spring when I add some new compost is all the basic maintenance.
This set up has allowed me to go with no required feeding throughout the crop, just a consistent watering schedule is basically all that's required and maybe some hand pruning late in the grow.
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Ya I found its super easy to obviously just keep up with watering and not having to feed.
I do give a few teas with some Alaska fish fert and worm casting but that's also comes already in the soil so only so often.
 
cannadan

cannadan

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thing is nowadays for me...the amount of work that goes into harvesting,can be almost beyond what I can now do physically.
First few years of being legal I grew some big big plants, and enjoyed it but the amount of labor that went into it was unreal.
but it was easily enough to do... two years.
for many people in rec market 4 plants will be plenty of bud ,should they grow out some medium to big plants and have 12 to 16 lbs of bud.
more than enough for even the hardcore smokers out there.

I used tea's for the first two years but found the results with fresh compost were about the same, so I removed that step and stuck to the one time work load in the spring.
For me the most important step was to provide structural support for these plants especially when the would hit 12 to 14 feet.
I have used a bunch of different techiques, from mesh to 16' 2x4 tripods. and have found a two or three tier scrog set up worked the best.
Basically I make a 6 to 10 foot square out wooden stakes approx 8 feet to 10 feet high and lay in grid patterns of binder twine at 3 foot intervals more or less and then I weave the plant thru the string grids as she grows .... the last few feet can blow in the wind without damaging the plants.
All it took ,was seeing 1/4lbs of bud breaking off in the wind every time a branch would snap and I said enough of that.
 
Jay p123

Jay p123

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cannadan said:
thing is nowadays for me...the amount of work that goes into harvesting,can be almost beyond what I can now do physically.
First few years of being legal I grew some big big plants, and enjoyed it but the amount of labor that went into it was unreal.
but it was easily enough to do... two years.
for many people in rec market 4 plants will be plenty of bud ,should they grow out some medium to big plants and have 12 to 16 lbs of bud.
more than enough for even the hardcore smokers out there.

I used tea's for the first two years but found the results with fresh compost were about the same, so I removed that step and stuck to the one time work load in the spring.
For me the most important step was to provide structural support for these plants especially when the would hit 12 to 14 feet.
I have used a bunch of different techiques, from mesh to 16' 2x4 tripods. and have found a two or three tier scrog set up worked the best.
Basically I make a 6 to 10 foot square out wooden stakes approx 8 feet to 10 feet high and lay in grid patterns of binder twine at 3 foot intervals more or less and then I weave the plant thru the string grids as she grows .... the last few feet can blow in the wind without damaging the plants.
All it took ,was seeing 1/4lbs of bud breaking off in the wind every time a branch would snap and I said enough of that.
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Ya my plants had 3 cages each that got swallowed but did a perfect job and didn't have 1 branch break. Ohh ya that was another 100 bucks each plant.
I'll definitely be investing in a trimmer of some sort next season. What a donting task.
My ribs still hurt from being in the same position for a month trimming. My hands are fine but the constant bending in abdominal region toook a toll. Lol
 
HotWaterKarl

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Jay p123 said:
Ya my plants had 3 cages each that got swallowed but did a perfect job and didn't have 1 branch break. Ohh ya that was another 100 bucks each plant.
I'll definitely be investing in a trimmer of some sort next season. What a donting task.
My ribs still hurt from being in the same position for a month trimming. My hands are fine but the constant bending in abdominal region toook a toll. Lol
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I wish there was a trimmer around the 500$ mark that was any good. They all seem to start at 1200$+ for a shitty one. Even trimmers have problems though, you have to maintain the blades (clean and sharpen, and remove debris and built up residue of sticky oils). This is one area I think we could really use a consumer report..
 
cannadan

cannadan

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can you say carpal tunnel, between years of using hammers and trimming I wear braces on both wrists,
I can relate exactly.
I had a friend who trimmed his crop barehanded and actually had a severe allergic reaction,to having so much resin on his hands for days on end.
actually ended up hospitalized due to resin exposure
Funny thing is most people think we are exaggerating about how much work it is, they really need to find out for themselves..lol
 
Jay p123

Jay p123

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HotWaterKarl said:
I wish there was a trimmer around the 500$ mark that was any good. They all seem to start at 1200$+ for a shitty one. Even trimmers have problems though, you have to maintain the blades (clean and sharpen, and remove debris and built up residue of sticky oils). This is one area I think we could really use a consumer report..
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This one is 699 regular and on sale for 279. 5 left and I can't stop looking at it. I think I have to grab one with an extra grill to go with it. Probably won't get it until it's back to 699 again for fucks sake's
And it's here in Toronto so no shipping BS
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HotWaterKarl

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Jay p123 said:
This one is 699 regular and on sale for 279. 5 left and I can't stop looking at it. I think I have to grab one with an extra grill to go with it. Probably won't get it until it's back to 699 again for fucks sake's
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That same one is in the grow store for like 1600$ unless it is a China knock off. Either way I''ll take the chance at that price....got a link?
 
cannadan

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https://www.trimleaf.ca/products/triminator-wet-industrial-system?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=28565426185&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgNrQBRC0ARIsAE-m-1z50YqpUQELERAcbkeGvhiaq only 22 grand
OR table top version 4450.00
https://www.trimleaf.ca/products/centurionpro-tabletop-pro-trimmer?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=38091459657&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgNrQBRC0ARIsAE-m-1yWQZISuYi6ZvFmx9H7ULYYylUCx5FeCsCgLEDfCwWB4p6vWItzcSUaAph0EALw_wcB

they have plenty in between as well.
These are the kind you can rent.
 
Jay p123

Jay p123

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cannadan said:
https://www.trimleaf.ca/products/triminator-wet-industrial-system?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=28565426185&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgNrQBRC0ARIsAE-m-1z50YqpUQELERAcbkeGvhiaq only 22 grand
OR table top version 4450.00
https://www.trimleaf.ca/products/centurionpro-tabletop-pro-trimmer?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=38091459657&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgNrQBRC0ARIsAE-m-1yWQZISuYi6ZvFmx9H7ULYYylUCx5FeCsCgLEDfCwWB4p6vWItzcSUaAph0EALw_wcB

they have plenty in between as well.
These are the kind you can rent.
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Who rents that in Toronto ?
 
cannadan

cannadan

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Sorry that I do not know...there was a thread on here from a few years back where one of the members bought one.
In that thread they mentioned about grow shops that rented.
google comes up with this one http://thesoilking.com/cannequipt-rentals/ http://www.greenharvestsupply.com/equipment/ not TO but there will be someone willing to take on this kind of thing

plan was to rent one next big crop...so this info will be very useful, especially with legal weed looming.
Should drive the cost down.
 
cannadan

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here we go but you have to call to find out if they rent since they are also dealers for the trimmer manfacturer
 
Jay p123

Jay p123

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cannadan said:
here we go but you have to call to find out if they rent since they are also dealers for the trimmer manfacturer
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I think I've been to a lot of those places lol.
Can tech Distributors is huge and has everything.
Asked a few places about renting and it was a no go. But I didn't ask all places.
 
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